Weavers OutPost

Things are moving right along. Half of the floor is in and the other half is ready to go in. I am going down the hill tomorrow to bring my trencher home. It's not everyone who's husband buys them a trencher for Christmas.  I have lots of water lines to go in for the new gardens.   I'm starting with 9 holes for trees in Barbara's memorial bird garden.  I have them all started, with all the rain it's pretty easy digging.

Hopefully, we will be moving looms out of the house and studio into the #3 container Friday. Next week with any luck at all I will be weaving.

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The door is done! It stopped raining long enough to finish the outside part. The trim will be added to the inside after things dry out. The floor has not arrived which is probably a good thing as the rain is supposed to be gone for awhile.

As soon as the floor arrives we will roll it out and start moving looms in. I might be weaving by Winter Solstice.  What a great present that would be.

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The door is done, except for trim! It opens and closes very smoothly. It's raining again and the floor is supposed to be delivered tomorrow, don't know what is going to happen.  It's rubber so it can't be hurt by the rain.  I suppose I'll just have it shoved into the end of the container and wait until the rain stops.

I also started digging some holes for the tree garden.  I wanted to get them started so when the rain came there would be holes to catch the water and soak in. I will take some before pictures tomorrow.

It's been a long day.

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Work continued on the door today, it's turning into the door from hell. We finally got it in and squared when we noticed that the top had moved out about 1/2 inch.  When I was coming down the ladder, I thought I was on the last step only to find out too late I was up one.  Pushing off the ladder and landing on both feet was a good trick but couldn't back peddle fast enough to keep my balance. Down I went, I did a roll but cracked my head good.  That was the end of my manual labor work day, if I can move, we will start again in the morning. Rain is coming tomorrow night. At least I've figured out why I'm a weaver and not a carpenter.

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Well, the door is at a standstill. It has rained all day, with wind. I stayed in all day working on color cards for RedFish and watching old movies. Normally I would be weaving on days like this.
This door thing is taking a lot longer than I had planned on.   I have never put a door in, so I got a book and read up on it, didn't look like it would be hard, that was my first mistake. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, it will be done.

Weavers OutPost

The Weavers OutPost, formerly know as the Weavers' Cottage belongs to me.  I closed the Cottage because the building that housed the Cottage was falling down around us and the rent kept rising. I decided to move it home and try running it as an internet business.  I purchased a 9 foot by 40 foot container thinking this would be large enough to hold the inventory.  Big misjudgment on my part. The yarn fit in the container but that was it. The looms, wheels and most of the equipment didn't. Since I had no place else to put the "left overs", they went into my home and my studio.  Ten months later, my home is still paths through weaving equipment, my studio is still unusable.

Today, is the third day we have worked on putting a door in #3. Container #2 is a 9 foot by 15 foot container I got for a very good price so it will be my office. Container #3 is 9 foot by 48 foot and will house the equipment and a repair shop. When the door is finished and the flooring is put down, the looms can be moved in. The time frame for this is a week.

The little building I took pictures of coming up the drive will be a show room to show samples. The Weavers OutPost is getting very close, getting my home and studio back is very close.

Why I'm not weaving 8(

Every day I think to myself, "I'm going to weave today" and every day slips by without a loom being touched. It would be easier for me to weave if I could actually get to a loom. Since I closed the Weavers' Cottage in Canyon Country and moved it to Acton, my home, weaving studio and several sheds are stuffed with equipment, yarns, computers and office equipment. My life as a weaver came to a screeching halt, let's face it, everything came to a screeching halt. You read about people who are found dead because a pile of crap fell over on them in their home, this could be me!

The first thing that happened, was a 40 foot container. We insulated it, had electricity installed and a fabulous shelving system. One wall is covered with slat board to hold all the cones. There was only one problem - no room for an office and where can I put the looms and equipment? The second container arrived, a 15 footer - the office problem is solved. Once again we insulated and installed electricity.

My home is small - 1700 square feet. My weaving studio is small 700 square feet. My looms are large - a 52" Tools of the Trade (my baby) a 36" Schacht floor loom and a Baby Wolf 26", 2 48"Gilmores, a 48" Fireside, 2 48" Norwoods and a 30" Baby Norwood, these puppies take up a lot of room! Ah, we need another container - this one is 48 feet long! It has been electrified and insulated. Over Thanksgiving, we will install a double door in the side. Those big end doors are really hard to open. All the looms except for 4 will be moved to the #3 container. I will have my weaving studio back!!!

Tomorrow another building will be delivered! It will be our little show room! The Weavers' Cottage is gone but the Weavers OutPost will be born, after insulating and electricity, of course. I'm getting excited, we have the garden planned and will work on it this winter. Nine months have passed and I have received tons of email inquiries about our re-opening date. All I have to say is it would have been sooner but for the insulating and electricity - and then there is always the lack of time and money.

Soon, it will be soon.